Pharma Industry

Mar 13, 2018

Anthera’s Sollpura flops after phase 3   Anthera cut free it’s flopped late-arrange Lilly castoff Sollpura (liprotamase), and now looks for those feared "key choices". Sollpura was out-licensed by Lilly in 2014, and the written work had all the attributes of its failure, back in December 2016 when it posted the info...

Feb 09, 2018

Primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) is a.prototypical autoimmune.disease. The involvement.of B cells in the pathogenesis.of pSS has long been suspected.on the basis of clinical.observations that include the.presence of serum.autoantibodies, hypergammaglobulinemia, increased.levels of free light chains and.increased risk ...

Jan 23, 2018

Pharma giant Celgene finally confirms USD 9 billion Juno Therapeutics buyout Celgene has finally confirmed the week-long rumor of buying Juno Therapeutics for a deal worth around USD 9 billion boosting its Grip in CAR-T therapy domain. A major reason for this buyout is Juno’s lead CAR-T drug candidate JCAR017 that ...

Dec 07, 2017

AbbVie aims for best-in-class psoriasis prospect The last few years have seen a wave of new biologics take the psoriasis market by storm. But a best-in-class product may still be on its way. AbbVie prospect risankizumab showed it could bring 47% of patients to complete skin clearance by week 16 of treatment in a pha...

Nov 24, 2017

Cluster of differentiation 40 or CD40 is a co-stimulatory protein found on the antigen presenting cells of the immune system. Agonistic CD40 molecules which include monoclonal antibodies (mAb) offer a new therapeutic option with the potential to generate anticancer immunity by various mechanisms. CD40 is a TNF recep...

Nov 21, 2017

EMA to relocate to Amsterdam by March 2019 Results of the Monday's vote for the European Medicines Agency relocation led to the emergence of Amsterdam as the new headquarters, beating the other finalists Milan and Copenhagen. Nineteen European Union member states submitted proposals for the EMA headquarters, and Mil...

Nov 13, 2017

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) is an inherited primary immunodeficiency disease (PIDD) that typically presents in infancy. It is characterized by profound immune deficiency condition resulting in a weak immune system that is unable to fight off even mild infections. Severe Combined Immunodeficiency is a rar...

Oct 03, 2017

Strategic Immunology Alliance partners Nimbus Therapeutics and Celgene to develop therapies for Autoimmune Disorders A biotechnology company involved in the development of drugs and therapies through computational expertise announced on October 3 that they are entering into a long-term strategic alliance with Celgen...

Sep 28, 2017

Another flop for Alzeimer’s as Late Stage drug of AxovantSciences fails in trial Axovant Sciences has reported the failure of their late-stage trial involving the testing of its pill Intepirdinecould not suppress Alzheimer's symptoms in participants of the trail. The news had plunged the Wall Street into another wav...

Sep 19, 2017

Thrombolytic Sciences announced completion of Phase I TS01 trial A clinical stage vascular health and biotech company, Thrombolytic Science, LLC (TSI), announced the completion of its Phase I trial investigating TS01, which is a new-generation clot-dissolving therapy for the treatment of clot-induced diseases like i...